r/BeAmazed • u/Rarepredator • 25d ago
Animal Kagu, the bird on the brink of extinction meets its own kind
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u/BidoofSupermacy 25d ago
when you meet someone as weird as you at a party
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u/Thelurkingsamurai 25d ago
Now fuck!
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u/boostedpoints 25d ago
Yes literally! We can’t lose these birbs!
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u/De5perad0 25d ago
lol. If you notice, there is a 3rd Kagu bird in the video. The 2 males are fighting over the female...
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u/OldLadyCard 25d ago
She’s the one eating popcorn.
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u/Ill_Technician3936 25d ago
That's what I was thinking. That's two males in the foreground trying to get mating privileges.
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u/Lord-Phorse 25d ago
That or deciding who goes first.
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u/MarioLuigiDinoYoshi 25d ago
Might as well say they are figuring out the prenup while discussing how dogshit the USA is now
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u/Soul_King92 25d ago
Please, stop with the cornhub jokes and references, I am trying to get away from it. Palizz have mercy on my nuts 🙏
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u/marvinrabbit 25d ago
Life in the wild is always about the 3 Fs. Feeding, Fighting, and Reproduction.
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u/SampleMaxxer 25d ago
Considering the circumstances they need to stop fighting and come together and team up. Iykwim
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u/BaronCoqui 25d ago
Kagu have family groups! And that's a pretty enthusiastic greeting with the loud ones up front. That's probably mom and dad, and an adult kiddo in the back.
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u/dr_tardyhands 24d ago
This is the moment when you decide to have an open relationship. When your species is going extinct and you found a third member of the species.
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u/Purple-Investment-61 25d ago
Then both should get a shot at her for the sake of their species survival.
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u/Big-Ergodic_Energy 25d ago
Unlesssss.... Parthenogenic babies which we then clone; and instead of going to mars and blowing up, we use that money to make partho babies fertile again!
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u/Inevitable_Click_511 25d ago
If only they were smart enough to tag team her, increase chances of conception
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u/De5perad0 25d ago
We as a species can't get our shit together enough to prevent the Kagu and many other species from disappearing.
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u/RogueBromeliad 25d ago
On the contrary, we're actively contributing to the extinction of thousands of species through global warming alone.
Yay humans!
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u/De5perad0 25d ago
Oh yea we are 10,000% the cause and it is accelerating.
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u/godtogblandet 25d ago
Planet gonna be fine though. It’s rebuilt from 5 earlier extinction events already. It’s us that’s not going to make it.
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u/RogueBromeliad 25d ago
I mean... They're standing in the middle of the road, no wonder they're near extinction.
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u/ReplyOk6720 25d ago
Wrong way round. They were in the forest then someone built a stupid road through it.
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u/Spektr_007 25d ago
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u/BadgerHooker 25d ago
This literally is me when I meet another AUDHD girl that likes bugs and painting and scary movies lmao
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u/RemmieSama1911 25d ago
Do arachnids count too even though they're not actually insects? Cause I fit that description perfectly lmao!
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u/BadgerHooker 25d ago
Of course! Anything but mosquitos!
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u/RemmieSama1911 24d ago
The only mosquito worth saving is the Elephant Mosquito, those little fellows are mosquito warriors, saviours of humankind, annihilator of other mosquito species! AND they're pollinators!!! It's the best mosquito!
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u/ThinCrusts 25d ago
Literally first thought..
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u/RocketteLawnchair 25d ago
Top comment in that thread:
Reminds me of those birds that dance to impress a mate
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u/ItsLoudB 25d ago
Don’t wanna ruin the fun, but it’s more like when you meet someone as horny and starved as you
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u/McCasper 25d ago
Are they both male? Kinda hard to save the species when it's just two dudes that are left.
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25d ago
They are both male but you can see the female right at the beginning and also standing in the background. So two males contesting over a female.
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u/Roflkopt3r 25d ago
Would have been pretty funny if they started visibly fighting. "Wow, the last of their kind meet and... oh no."
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u/ReasonableClerk3329 25d ago
Its like one of those post apocalyptic movies where there's one woman survivor and two men. Z For Zachariah movie or The World, The Flesh and the Devil
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u/harixtee 25d ago
At first it seems like they were contesting over a female but then they got close and became boyfriends.
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u/critiqueextension 25d ago
The Kagu, a bird native to New Caledonia, has faced severe threats primarily from the introduction of predators such as dogs, cats, and rats, which have significantly contributed to its decline, leading to it being listed as endangered. Notably, conservation efforts are underway, including breeding programs and habitat protection, that have shown promise in increasing the Kagu population in certain protected areas like Riviere Bleue Territorial Park.
- Kagu - Wikipedia
- Kagu | Endangered Species, Flightless Bird, New Caledonia
- Kagu Rhynochetos Jubatus Species | BirdLife DataZone
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u/High_Flyers17 25d ago
Well that's reassuring news. Not that it being such a beautiful animal makes it more important to preserve, but it's quite a cool looking bird and would be a shame if they were to disappear.
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u/Junior_Fig_2274 25d ago
I thought they were beautiful birds too. It made me sad to see, in a way. I sure hope the conservation efforts work! I’ve seen them work myself- when I was a kid you almost never saw sandhill cranes where I live- now there’s so many sandhill cranes there’s been discussions on opening a hunting season for them in my state.
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u/CoxswainYarmouth 25d ago
In our new great America we would put a halt to any research or breeding programs to save taxpayers the .000005 cents…
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u/Fantastic-Pen15 25d ago
You’re telling me there are rats that hunt this bird? How big are those damn rats?
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u/Masticatron 25d ago
They eat the eggs.
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u/TheGoldenHordeee 25d ago
Leave it to Redditors to overexplain the same fucking point over and over again regardless if already has been explained to death.
Also, they probably eat the eggs
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u/RARAMEY 25d ago
Rats take/ eat bird eggs from the nest, and the single most important factor in robust bird populations is nest success.
Cats actually improve nest success by way of rodent control - they're good at catching rodents and terrible at catching healthy birds, though they will be able to catch sickly/old birds. Rats on the other hand prey on bird eggs, affecting the population of healthy birds.
In fact, bird populations are most abundant in areas with the most domestic cats (urban/suburban areas).
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u/Eywgxndoansbridb 25d ago
They eat the eggs.
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u/LordweiserLite 25d ago
If you have an "outdoor" cat fuck you! Adorable killing machines is what they are
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u/kempff 25d ago
Get a room you two.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Bake771 25d ago
"I wouldn't fuck you if you were the last...oh wait a minute..."
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u/spekxo 25d ago
Dancing carelessly on the street.
No wonder they’re close to extinction. /s
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u/rip-tide 25d ago
I am glad I am not the only one thinking this. I hope the videographer and crew are blocking traffic!
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u/MoonlitLuna90 25d ago
Time for mating I guess?
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u/paulinaiml 25d ago
Ir reminds of of that couple dancing intensely Rasputin in a party. Sadly, I couldn't find the GIF
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u/papermoonskies 25d ago
I'm curious to know how it would know it's its own kind when it has never really seen itself before. Come to think of it, how does any animal that doesn't understand a mirror reflection know? Curious 4am thoughts.
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u/Pondnymph 25d ago
Birds remember their parents and use that as a template on what they're attracted to. That's why they need to use a strange looking hat to breed hand raised raptors, they don't like their own kind like that.
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u/Ok_Sentence_8867 25d ago
I'm always blown away by the "instincts" of wild animals I've rescued... wish I had an explanation!
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u/Homey-Airport-Int 25d ago
Kagu's aren't that rare. It's seen other birds before. It was raised by other Kagu's after all.
On the brink of extinction is hyperbole. It's not even the most endangered animal on the island.
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u/Davoldo 25d ago
Oh wow, I didn't expect to see a video from home in here !! Kagus are extremely protected in New Caledonia, and there's a whole national park almost entirely dedicated to their well-being. It's not unusual to see one or two when you hike over there !
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u/superpuma97 25d ago
So cute! Hope they really preserve this species🙏
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u/feel_my_balls_2040 25d ago
Both are males, but they will try.
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u/BreadGood5060 25d ago
There is a female in the background that they are fighting for at the beginning and the end; they are sizing each other up and intimidating each other to try to seduce the female. They won't kill each other, this mating behavior is quite normal in many species, even, arguably, humans.
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u/BobaMTea123 25d ago
Do they know that they're on the brink of extinction?🤔
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u/justforkinks0131 25d ago
Id imagine they are desperate to find a mate, since they probably havent even seen any for years.
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u/tokyotochicago 25d ago
Hey it's rare seeing New Caledonia on the front page. I've lived there a while if you have questions. Btw as far as I know the kagu populations aren't in danger. At least you can find them everywhere in the forest. It's the loudest bird I swear.
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u/generaldisobedience 25d ago
If the lady would have babies with one male this year & another next, that would increase genetic diversity, important for species survival. She has to be cool with it though.
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u/Cowboy_Shmuel 25d ago
What are the odds that this guy happens to find them on a well-maintained road in some kind of reservation while filming? And isn't that a third one in the background?
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u/Commercial-Day-3294 25d ago
What I don't understand, is today, with all of our technology, with all of our knowledge about birds and their reproduction and how eggs work, why can we not, I don't know, harvest the males semen, and some eggs, and artificially help all these different bird species repopulate like we do with fish in hatcheries?
I mean, my gf watches the local bald eagle cam, there was be 3 eggs, one didnt hatch, 1 chick killed the other, and the remaining chick fell out of the nest and died. That was months of her watching nature play out for a threatened species in basically real time.
Why are there not, I dont want to say it but jurassic park type hatcheries where they're cared for every second by a team of experts to maximize hatching numbers?
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u/Majestic-Advisor2758 25d ago
Wish someone would add music to video.. the moves remind me of the fancy dances on Bridgerton.. 😄
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u/44-47-25_N_20-28-5-E 25d ago
Thanks, now my dog thinks my phone is alive and it's tilting it's head on the side
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u/fearsome_possum 25d ago
I saw these birds in New Caledonia and they were very curious, coming right up to us and just standing there looking at us. I asked the park ranger if people feed them and she said they are just curious.
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